Now this is cool. Some high-ranking judges in Sweden were convinced to take poker lessons as part of their adjudication of a trial involving an arguably illegal poker tournament. The issue of course is whether poker is a game of skill or a game of chance. The lesson was intended to teach the judiciary that poker is a game of skill, with luck determining only the cards that are dealt and not the outcome of the hand. Now if only American judges would follow our Scandinavian counterparts’ lead.
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